Sunday's Hymn: Here, O My Lord, I See Thee Face to Face

Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face;
Here would I touch and handle things unseen,
Here grasp with firmer hand th’eternal grace,
And all my weariness upon thee lean.

Here would I feed upon the bread of God,
Here drink with thee the royal wine of heav’n;
Here would I lay aside each earthly load,
Here taste afresh the calm of sin forgiven.

This is the hour of banquet and of song;
This is the heav’nly table spread for me:
Here let me feast, and, feasting, still prolong
The brief, bright hour of fellowship with thee.

I have no help but thine, nor do I need
Another arm save thine to lean upon:
It is enough, my Lord, enough indeed;
My strength is in thy might, thy might alone.

Mine is the sin, but thine the righteousness;
Mine is the guilt, but thine the cleansing blood;
Here is my robe, my refuge, and my peace,
Thy blood, thy righteousness, O Lord my God.

 —Ho­ra­ti­us Bo­nar

Other hymns of worship songs for this Sunday:

• Great God, With Wonder and With Praise at The Happy Wonderer 

Theological Term of the Week: Ignatius of Antioch

Ignatius of Antioch
“[T]he bishop of the church in Antioch at the beginning of the 2nd Century,” and an apostolic father. He died in 110 AD. 

• From 2000 Years of Christ’s Power by N. H. Needham, page 59: 

Arrested for being a Christian, [Ignatius] was taken to Rome by a military escort, where the authorities executed him in about AD 110. As Ignatius journeyed to Rome, he wrote seven letters — to the churches of Ephesus, Magnesia, Tralles, Philadelphia and Smyrna (all in Asia Minor), and the church of Rome, and a personal letter to Polycarp, bishop of the church in Smyrna. In these letters Ignatius strongly urged the supreme importance of unity in the local church, arguing that this unity depended on having one bishop in charge of each congregation. Ignatius’s letters reveal a deep spiritual devotion to Christ and an enthusiastic longing to sacrifice his life for Christ’s sake.

Learn more:

1. Got Questions: Who was Ignatius of Antioch?
2. Michael Haykin: ‘Come to the Father’: Ignatius of Antioch and His Calling to Be a Martyr 
3. EarlyChurch.org: Ignatius of Antioch
4. Chrisitan History: Ignatius of Antioch
5. 5 Minutes in Church History: Two Disciples of John: Ignatius
6. Christian History Institute: I am the wheat of God

Related terms:

• apostolic fathers
• Justin Martyr
• Clement of Rome
• Polycarp of Smyrna

Filed under Christian History

1From 2000 Years of Christ’s Power by N. R. Needham.

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Sunday's Hymn: Jesus, Where'er Thy People Meet

Jesus, where’er thy people meet,
There they behold thy mercy-seat;
Where’er they seek thee, thou art found,
And ev’ry place is hallowed ground.

For thou, within no walls confined,
Inhabitest the humble mind;
Such ever bring thee where they come,
And going, take thee to their home

Dear Shepherd of thy chosen few,
Thy former mercies here renew;
Here to our waiting hearts proclaim
The sweetness of thy saving Name.

Here may we prove the pow’r of prayer
To strengthen faith and sweeten care,
To teach our faint desires to rise,
And bring all heav’n before our eyes.

Lord, we are few, but thou art near;
Nor short thine arm, nor deaf thine ear;
O rend the heav’ns, come quickly down,
And make a thousand hearts thine own.

 —William Cowper

Other hymns of worship songs for this Sunday:

• Be Thou My Vision at The Happy Wonderer